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Together, we create a force more powerful than one person or one belief system, creating a better world with integrity, justice, and joy. As Unitarian Universalists, we do not have to check our personal background and beliefs at the door: we join together on a journey that honors everywhere we’ve been before.

Documentary: The Sharps’ War

Martha and Rev. Waitstill Sharp, Unitarians who secretly worked in Nazi-occupied Europe to rescue Jews, dissidents and refugee children, are the subject of an recent PBS documentary by Ken Burns and Artemis Joukowsky.

Unitarian Universalists of the Bay Area sponsored the documentary when it ran on KQED in September and October 2016. Here is a version of the 15-second spot, which ran before and after the airing September 20 and 21: